
handle: 10419/300191 , 10419/306612
This paper shows how to combine microeconometric evidence on the effects of environmental policy with a macroeconomic model, accounting for general equilibrium spillovers that have mostly been ignored in the literature. To this end, we study the effects of a recent US air pollution policy. We use regression evidence on the policy's impact across industries and local labor markets to calibrate a quantitative spatial model allowing for general equilibrium spillovers. Our model implies that the policy lowered emissions by 11.1%, but destroyed approximately 250'000 jobs. Ignoring spillovers overestimates job losses in polluting industries, but underestimates job losses in clean industries.
Employment, Q53, ddc:330, Fine Particles, Q50, Environmental Policy, Clean Air Act, Trade, E24
Employment, Q53, ddc:330, Fine Particles, Q50, Environmental Policy, Clean Air Act, Trade, E24
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